Routine spore testing confirms sterilizer performance, safeguards patients, and keeps dental practices compliant with CDC and OSHA standards.
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Medicaid Cuts Push Dentists Out and Patients Pay the Price
Cut reimbursement, lose dentists. Who pays the price when Medicaid access disappears?
Arizona’s Oral Preventive Assistant Debate: Expanding Access or Lowering the…
Arizona wants dental assistants cleaning teeth with less training. Will patients pay the price?
Kentucky Tables Assistant Scaling Proposal as Practice Act Moves Forward…
Kentucky’s assistant-scaling proposal is off the table. Here’s what the Board of Dentistry’s decision means.
Solmetex, LLC Acquires ReLeaf
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Noting that “oral health is a mirror of overall health,” Daniel W. McNeil, PhD, MA, a clinical health psychologist at West Virginia University in Morgantown, is leading efforts to improve global oral health through what some might…
Survey of Dentists Finds Increase in Anxiety, COVID-19 May Be to Blame
A survey of American dentists regarding their health found a steep increase in anxiety compared to 2003, with concerns regarding COVID-19 cited as a likely contributor. The stress of practicing during a global pandemic and the resultant…
COVID-19 Pandemic Widens Health Equity Gap
As the United States approaches the end of the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a national poll notes that 25% of respondents say it remains difficult for them to access care from physicians or oral health professionals. These findings…
New COVID-19 Vaccine to Seek Emergency Use Authorization from FDA
Sanofi and GSK are expected to request Emergency Use Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine that uses traditional immunization technology rather than the new mRNA approach…
Keeping All the Balls in the Air
Olivia Morzenti, BS, RDH, CDHC, MS(c), continues to seek out new experiences in her quest to improve the oral health of this nation’s most vulnerable populations.
UK Researchers Investigate the Role of Oral Health Professionals in Reducing Obesity
Obesity is a significant problem around the world. According to the World Health Organization, obesity reached epidemic levels in in June 2021 with rates having tripled since 1975. Overweight and obesity combined are directly responsible…
Need to Get Through to Your Pediatric Patients? Try the Oreo Test
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and there’s no better time to shine a spotlight on caries, which is one of the most prevalent childhood diseases in the United States. Caries can severely impact childhood development in…
Effects of COVID-19 on Dental Hygienists Are Revealed
A partnership between the American Dental Hygienists’ Association and the American Dental Association has resulted in a variety of data regarding job status, infection control, and vaccine prevalence among United States hygienists.…
Poll Shows Americans’ Trust in Scientists and Institutions Has Eroded
A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center found that Americans’ trust in scientists and institutions has decreased over the past year. In November 2020, 40% of Americans said they trusted scientists; today, this percentage is down to 29%.…
COVID-19 Vaccinations Reduce Risk of Long-Term Symptoms
A United Kingdom-based review of the literature has found that individuals who are vaccinated against COVID-19 are at lower risk for lingering COVID-19 symptoms than those who are not vaccinated. Six studies demonstrated that even one dose…
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